ASUS P5N64 WS Manual De Usuario

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction 

on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision 

of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard 

consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.

This motherboard supports the latest Intel

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 Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / 

Core™ 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, 

multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The 

Intel

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 Core™ 2 series processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. 

This motherboard also supports Intel

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 CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing 

process.

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The NVIDIA

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 nForce 790i Ultra SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA

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 Scalable Link 

Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics processing units (GPUs) 

in a single system. It’s designed for enthusiast, extreme overclocking capability, 

ultimate gaming performance with SLI technology support. It’s definitely one of 

the fastest platform in the world. The NVIDIA

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 nForce 790i Ultra SLI chipset also 

supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, three PCI Express™ x16 slots with 

NVIDIA

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 SLI

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 support at full x16, x16, x16 mode, and up to 8 USB 2.0 ports.

NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased 

bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware 

and software that allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver earth-

shattering, scalable performance.

NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased 

bandwidth of the PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture and features intelligent 

hardware and software that allows three GPUs to efficiently work together to 

deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. For some applications nearly triple 

performance! See Chapter 6 for details.